IndiGo to Double Number of Flights Between Mumbai and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia



(25/06/24)
 
IndiGo has confirmed plans to launch additional daily,
non-stop flights between Mumbai and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Scheduled to take off on 15 August 2024, flight 6E
0057 is slated to depart from Mumbai at 02:15, arriving in Jeddah
at 04:30.

From Jeddah, flight 6E 0058 is timed to leave at
05:30 and arrive in Mumbai at 14:05.

IndiGo aircraft. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com Click to enlarge.

IndiGo aircraft. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

Mumbai is currently two and a half hours ahead of
Jeddah.

The new daily flights will double the number of
services IndiGo operates on the route to 14 per week.

“With these additional flights we will operate 42
weekly flights to Jeddah from five cities in India,” said Vinay
Malhotra, Head of Global Sales, IndiGo “These flights will not
only enhance trade and tourism opportunities between India and the
Middle East but also provide customers with even more options to
travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

IndiGo is one of the fastest growing low-cost
carriers in the world. The airline has a fleet of over 350
aircraft operating around 2,000 daily flights connecting more than
85 domestic destinations and over 30 international destinations.

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